Michael Cerenzie

Michael Cerenzie is a seasoned film producer, financier and a versatile entrepreneur who has excelled across a wide range of creative endeavors. He has over 20 years of experience in producing for theatre, films and television. He brings a diverse network of both creative and business relationships, keen industry acumen, and a pervasive awareness of developing trends and new opportunities to film and television development, packaging, productions, financing, treaty and non-treaty co-productions and distribution. Mr.Cerenzie has developed, produced and financed more than a dozen films both independently and in partnership with almost every major studio in Hollywood. He has collaborated with some of the most talented filmmakers in the business including Jim Sheridan, Robert Altman and Sidney Lumet. He has worked with an extensive list of Academy Award winning and nominated actors that include Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Franco, Matt Dillon, Albert Finney, Michael Shanon, Marisa Tomei, Amy Ryan, James Caan, Ethan Hawk, Bob Hoskins, Stellan Skarsgard, Natascha McHelhone and Gerard Depardieu. His films have premiered or competed at Cannes, Venice, Deauville, Sundance and Toronto International Film Festival; additionally they have been awarded top honors from AFI, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York Film Critics Associations and the Independent Spirit Awards among many others. Cerenzie has been responsible for raising in excess of $500 million in production funding and has developed and produced critically acclaimed theatrical motion pictures over the past decade. Included among his productions is "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" directed by legendary Academy Award winning filmmaker Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network). The film garnered Michael a prestigious AFI Award and made it onto 115 critics "Top Ten Films) lists and Time Magazine named it #3 on their top ten films for 2007. Variety Magazine named Mr. Cerenzie as one of its "50 Creatives to Watch" after his second film "City of Ghosts" for MGM/UA. The California Independent Film Festival named him "Maverick Producer of the Year" for 2007, the same year Michael was also awarded the AFI Award for his production of "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead". Mr.Cerenzie has contributed as an on-air entertainment industry expert for Fox Business News, CNBC and Bloomberg.com, as well as numerous financial and trade publications including Forbes, the Financial Times of London, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Business Journal.